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	<h1 align = "center"><b><u> Mission AdmissionUP Help Page </u></b></h1>
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	<p>When the application is opened, the display contains drop down menus, checkboxes,
	a map of the United States, and two bar charts.  This page 
	will help you understand and effectively use the Mission AdmissionUP application.</p>

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<h3><b><u> Drop Down Menus </u></b></h3>
	<p><b>U.S./State Selection Menu:</b> The left drop down menu near the top of the screen, underneath the University of Portland logo, is used to select either the entire United States, by choosing United States, or a single state from among the available options (Washington, Oregon, California, Illinois, Hawaii).  After an option is selected, the map will be updated to display either the United States by states or one of the five available states by counties.</p>
	<p><b>Map Filter Selection Menu:</b> The right drop down menu near the top of the screen is used to designate a filter for the shading of the map, by number of students who Inquired, Applied, Accepted, or Enrolled, and when selected the map will be updated to display a new map applying the filter.  </p>
	<p><b>State/County Comparison Selection Menus:</b> Both of the drop down menus near the bottom of the screen, above the bar charts, are used to compare different regions of the map and display the results of the comparison in the bar charts.  When the map is displaying the entire United States, these menus can be used to show the number of students who Inquired, Applied, Accepted, or Enrolled in UP from one state compared to another state.</p>

<h3><b><u> Year Selection Checkboxes </u></b></h3>
The checkboxes, below the top drop down menus, are used to specify what range of years the map will display relevant information for, i.e. if 2007 and 2008 boxes are checked, the map will display information relating to those years only.

<h3><b><u> State/County Comparison Bar Charts </u></b></h3>
The bar charts (located at the bottom of the application) display relevant information when two different regions are chosen via the drop down menus directly above it.  Explicitly, the bar chart compares the number of students who inquired, applied, accepted, and enrolled in the two regions chosen.  (The choices for the drop down menus are states if the map is displaying the entire U.S. or counties in a specific state if the map is displaying a single state)

<h3><b><u> Reading the Map/Understanding Shading </u></b></h3>
In country or state view, hovering over a geographic area (state or county) will display the name and numeric value of the filtered data for that area.
The map uses two colors in shading; the red shade is used to identify California, Hawaii, Illinois, Oregon, and Washington (if map is displaying entire U.S.) or the five counties with the highest values (if map is displaying a state).  The other shading, blue, is used for the other states (if map is displaying entire U.S.) or other counties (if map is displaying a single state).
<br>Directly above the map is a gradient. This gradient is the key to reading how many students Inquired, Applied, Accepted, or Enrolled (depending on the chosen filter) in a specific region of the displayed map. Darker shading corresponds to a higher number; the maximum value the shading is based on is the highest number seen out of all the states/counties being compared, while the minimum corresponds to a value of 0 for the chosen category.

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